GUILTY MI - Gary Kliebert for child *advertiser censored*, Washington Twp, 2011

Interesting how initial reports about Kliebert's arrest left out the little detail that he was not fully retired. He was sub-ing. I get so tired of school district officials denying that a person was or wasn't on school grounds. Human beings are not invisible and do the prosecutors really have to go to the trouble of subpoenaing students and staff about whether or not this man was there? For pity's sake, he sub-ed. How hard could it be to check the records? Gives parents a real high level of trust in their children's school. And the superintendent is "considering" sending out a letter to parents? Just dandy.

http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/04/11/news/doc4da2f3c829d01884117554.txt


Parents in a St. Clair Shores school district are concerned about child *advertiser censored* charges filed against a retired educator who may have recently worked there as a substitute teacher


"Gary Kliebert of Washington Township has been named in a federal criminal complaint alleging he possessed child *advertiser censored* in the home he shares with his wife, MK, who is the acting principal of Rodgers Elementary School..."

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“The school district has not alerted the parents that this man was in the classroom,” MJ [a parent] said. “My No. 1 concern is that my children are safe at school even if the school district is not concerned.” But one school official said Kliebert wasn’t teaching this past winter and if he was in the school, he was there to visit his wife...."

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"...Kliebert then agreed to be interviewed by federal investigators and admitted to downloading thousands of images of child *advertiser censored* from the Internet over the last seven years, court records show. He also admitted to viewing the images for between two and three hours a day..."

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"....Kliebert, who retired from Utica Community Schools, told investigators that he hid the materials from his wife in a laptop computer stored in a hidden compartment under a shelving unit in the basement of their home..."

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"...About two weeks before he was charged, Kliebert allegedly was working as a substitute at Rodgers. MJ said she and her husband asked their son if he had seen Kliebert after they saw a Macomb Daily story on the arrest. She said other children confirmed her son’s comments...."


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He was there. He wasn't. He was visiting. He was teaching. He was the subbie.

Good Lord just tell the da*n truth people.

I wonder what Kliebert does with all his free time?


http://macombdaily.com/articles/2011/05/31/news/doc4de471f8b7ed9948385888.txt

Teacher from Washington Twp. accused in child *advertiser censored* seeks plea bargain

"A court hearing for a retired teacher accused of possession of child *advertiser censored* has been postponed until late June while a plea bargain is being worked out..."

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"....Kliebert is a retired special education teacher from Utica Community Schools and also worked as a substitute instructor for Rodgers Elementary School in St. Clair Shores, where his wife, M, is the acting principal...."

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He has since been banned from the school, according to school officials. Kliebert is free on an unsecured bond pending the outcome of the court case...."

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Whatever Kliebert's doing with all his free time, he's still doing it but not for long:

http://dailytribune.com/articles/2011/10/17/news/doc4e9c24af40f68376697720.txt

Retired Macomb County teacher pleads to child *advertiser censored*
October 17, 2011

"A retired Macomb County teacher will be sentenced early next year in federal court after pleading guilty to charges of possession of child *advertiser censored*, according to documents. Gary Kliebert of Washington Township faces between five and 20 years in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 8 in U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan in Detroit. He remains free on bond...."

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"....Gary Kliebert hid the materials in a laptop computer stored in a hidden compartment under a shelf in his basement. Prosecutors say he admitted to downloading the images. Kliebert retired as a special education teacher from Utica Community Schools. He also worked as a substitute teacher at an elementary school in St. Clair Shores where his wife formerly was a principal.

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A detailed and head-imploding article about the sentencing phase of Kliebert's trial. OK, so we learn that Kliebert also sexually exploited a relative but the defense argues that he's NOT likely to "act on his impulses". WTH? What do they call the exploitation of the young girl?

And give me a break. The guy blames his wife's lack of interest in sex for his prurient "hobby"??? I guess these guys have to blame someone. Can't accept blame as that would just be far far too uncomfortable.

http://macombdaily.com/articles/2012/03/03/news/doc4f52af2273ac3012944248.txt?viewmode=fullstory

"....In addition, authorities later found out Kliebert exploited a minor niece, from the time she was 11 until 16 during piano lessons he gave to the girl years ago. Kliebert acknowledged he may have touched the girl inappropriately during warm-up exercises, court records show. Documents also show he showed her pornographic images of young girls on the computer for her to view.

Kliebert told officials his sexual interest in the materials centered on prepubescent girls and he felt isolated after his wife’s interest in sex declined after having children.

Still, Kliebert is not likely to act on his impulses, according to a psychiatrist’s report in the court file. Dr. Gerald Shiener, a distinguished fellow with the American Psychiatric Association, indicated in the report that Kliebert’s *advertiser censored* interests were more like a fetish than signs of pedophilia...."

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Hmmm. Seems that the school district really didn't want the facts getting out there. I feel terrible for Kliebert's family but he's the one who hurt them....not the media.

http://www.splc.org/news/newsflash.asp?id=2239

Mich. district spikes story about teacher facing child *advertiser censored* charges
Superintendent says he acted out of compassion
June 14, 2011

"When professional journalists at The Macomb Daily wanted to cover former Lake Shore School District substitute teacher Gary Kliebert’s arrest on child *advertiser censored* charges, they ran a prominent news story about it. When the Lake Shore High School student newspaper staff wanted to cover the same story, they ended up printing a black box with only one sentence: “This article has been censored by Lake Shore administration...”

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http://www.freep.com/article/20120309/NEWS05/120309022

Ex-teacher to be sentenced today in child *advertiser censored* possession case
March 9, 2012

"Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of more than 17 years in prison for a former Utica Community Schools teacher caught with more than 850,000 images of child *advertiser censored*. Gary Kleibert of Washington Township is scheduled to be sentenced at 2 p.m. today..."

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"...He told agents he viewed *advertiser censored* every day in his basement on computers he kept hidden from his wife. He also admitted to having sexual contact with a family member while teaching her piano lessons, which investigators confirmed with his victim. He denied any contact with children through his job..."

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And we are to believe Kleibert???

Staggering? That about sums it up. And still blaming his wife's lack of interest in sex. Jeesh!!

http://dailytribune.com/articles/2012/03/09/news/doc4f5a9b56c859f345034064.txt

‘Staggering’ child *advertiser censored* collection nets 20-year sentence for former Utica teacher
March 9, 2012

"A Washington Township retired teacher who amassed one of the largest child *advertiser censored* collections in the United States was sentenced Friday afternoon to a longer-than-expected term of 20 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Sean F. Cox exceeded the request of federal law enforcement officials and sentenced Gary Kliebert to 240 months in federal prison..."

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